Library Guides: Mental Health: Mental Illness

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Headcase : LGBTQ Writers and Artists on Mental Health and Wellness by Stephanie Schroeder; Teresa Theophano
Publication Date: 2019

eBook
Headcase is a groundbreaking collection of personal reflections and artistic representations illustrating the intersection of mental wellness, illness, and LGBTQ identity, as well as the lasting impact of historical views equating queer and trans identity with mental illness.

Day Nine: A Postpartum Depression Memoir by Amanda Munday
Call Number: Fennell STACKS RG852 .M86A3 2019

Publication Date: 2019
Dear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression by Teresa Wong
Call Number: Fennell STACKS RG852 .W66 2019

Publication Date: 2019
Embracing Schizophrenia: My Story of Struggle, Strength, Resilience and Hope by Samantha Mercanti
Call Number: Fennell STACKS RC514 .M47 2021

Publication Date: 2021
Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot
Call Number: Fennell STACKS E78.B9 .M35 2018

Publication Date: 2018
My Kind of Sad: What It's Like to Be Young and Depressed by Kate Scowen
Call Number: Fennell STACKS RC537 .S38 2006

Publication Date: 2006
All Our Relations by Tanya Talaga
Call Number: Fennell STACKS E98.S9 .T35 2018

Publication Date: 2018

You Can't Ask That: Bipolar Disorder (Video Duration 22 minutes)
Do you have a “split personality?” Do you feel the phases coming on? Can you be cured? Canadians managing life with bipolar disorder set the record straight about this misrepresented illness.
You Can't Ask That: Generalized Anxiety Disorder (Video Duration 22 minutes)
Is anxiety “real?” Why don’t you snap out of it? Do you hate socializing? Anxiety is gaining more social acceptance, but severe generalized anxiety disorder is still sorely misunderstood.
You Can't Ask That: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (Video Duration 22 minutes)
Often misunderstood and thought of as only a “soldier’s disease,” post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can affect anyone who has experienced any kind of trauma. These survivors tell their stories and dispel those myths.
You Can't Ask That: Schizophrenia (Video Duration 22 minutes)
You know the voices aren’t real, right? Are you dangerous? How hard is it to have a relationship? People living with schizophrenia talk about what it’s like, and how they stay well in a society that is often quick to judge.